Did you know…
In 2021, The Middle East’s exports made up a value of nearly $1.3T.
UAE ranked highest at $296B, with Saudi coming in at #2.
Whilst fossil fuels lead the exports, precious stones and metals seem to be a close second.
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Across Markets…
The sharemarket rebounded on Tuesday, with energy and miners leading gains thanks to a recovery in commodity prices as investors await key US inflation data for clues on the peak in interest rates.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index ended the session up 58.4 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 7007.2. The All Ordinaries climbed 0.9 per cent. Utilities and communications were the only two sectors to underperform.
Investors shrugged off a bearish Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey, which showed the mood dropped sharply in November after last week’s rate interest increase. Separately, a NAB business survey showed conditions in October remained strong but confidence about the future declined.
Shares in mining giant Rio Tinto jumped 2 per cent to $122.49, BHP Group rose 1.4 per cent to $46.02 and Fortescue Metals shot up 2.7 per cent to $24.34 as iron ore futures extended gains overnight on optimism about China’s troubled property sector.
Beach Energy leapt 6 per cent to $1.58, Woodside climbed 2.6 per cent to $32.62 and Santos advanced 2.5 per cent to $7.28 on rising oil prices. On Monday, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) forecast global oil demand to increase by 2.5 million barrel per day this year.
The major banks advanced, except National Australia Bank, which fell 3.2 per cent to $27.97 as it traded ex-dividend. Shares in Commonwealth Bank gained 1 per cent to $102.278 after its home loan book slumped $4.5 billion last quarter amid a profit margin squeeze.
“Commonwealth Bank is unlikely to let the loan book shrink materially or for a prolonged period,” said Morningstar bank analyst Nathan Zaia. “But a focus on increasing share of Australian home loan revenue versus market share is a sensible way to approach the current level of pricing competition.”
Source: AFR
Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has announced an eightfold expansion in the output of its silumina anodes battery project, increasing capacity from 15 gigawatt hours (GWh) to 120GWh with no change to plant and equipment.
The expansion was realised during the final stages of the project’s definitive feasibility study (DFS) and is expected to cater to long-term demand for silicon-type anodes within the industry.
Under the original DFS scope, Altech had proposed the production of 10,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of silumina anodes product, comprising 1,000 of high-purity alumina-coated metallurgical silicon incorporated into 9,000tpa of similarly-coated graphite (“10% mix”).
The plant will now focus on the sole production of alumina-coated metallurgical silicon at a rate of 8,000 for customers to blend with uncoated graphite at their own battery plants rather than at Altech’s facility.
In addition to the improved wattage, increasing production of the ‘active’ battery component has also improved battery energy density by at least 30%.
Decreasing the use of graphite is expected to also reduce the cost of producing batteries.
Source: Smallcaps
Sector: Lithium
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.75M
Latest Entry Price: $0.006 with a 1:2 AL8OA
Today’s Price Change: $0.007 -12.50%
Company: Terra Uranium (ASX:T92)
Sector: Uranium
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $7.5M
Latest Entry Price: $0.20
Today’s Price Change: $0.13 +4.00%
Company: Patagonia Lithium (ASX:PL3)
Sector: Lithium
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $8.6M
Latest Entry Price: $0.20
Today’s Price Change: $0.14 Unchanged
Company: Gold Mountain Limited (ASX:GMN)
Sector: Lithium
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.25M
Latest Entry Price: $0.0075
Today’s Price Change: $0.006 +9.09%
Company: Unith Ltd. (ASX:UNT)
Sector: AI/ChatGPT
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $4.5M
Latest Entry Price: $0.033 with a 1:1 UNTO
Today’s Price Change: $0.019 Unchanged
Company: Volt Resources Ltd. (ASX:VRC)
Sector: Battery Metals
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $5.75M
Latest Entry Price: $0.011
Today’s Price Change: $0.007 Unchanged
Company: Castle Minerals Ltd. (ASX:CDT)
Sector: Battery Metals/Base Metals
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.52M
Latest Entry Price: $0.02 with a 2:3 CDTOA
Today’s Price Change: $0.011 Unchanged
Company: Avenira Ltd. (ASX:AEV)
Sector: Phosphate
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $2.1M
Latest Entry Price: $0.01 with a 1:2 AEVO
Today’s Price Change: $0.013 Unchanged
Company: Latrobe Magnesium Ltd. (ASX:LMG)
Sector: Magnesium
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $3M & $11.5M
Latest Entry Price: $0.10 with a 1:4 LMGO
Today’s Price Change: $0.053 +6.00%
Company: Askari Metals Ltd (ASX:AS2)
Sector: Mining
Deal Type: IPO
Raise Amount: $5.7M
Latest Entry Price: $0.35 with a 1:3 AS2O
Today’s Price Change: $0.19 Unchanged
Company: iCandy (ASX:ICI)
Sector: Gaming & Digital Advertising
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.25M
Latest Entry Price: $0.02 with a 1:1 ICIOB
Today’s Price Change: $0.03 -3.23%
Sector: Fintech
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.5M
Latest Entry Price: $0.015 with a 1:2 FFGOA
Today’s Price Change: $0.013 +18.18%
Company: Paradigm Biopharma (ASX:PAR)
Sector: Biopharma
Deal Type: IPO Cornerstone
Raise Amount: $1M+
Latest Entry Price: $0.35
Today’s Price Change: $0.395 +1.28%
Company: ReNu Energy Limited (ASX:RNE)
Sector: Energy
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.46M
Latest Entry Price: $0.06 with a 1:1 RNEO
Today’s Price Change: $0.021 +5.00%
Company: Carly Holdings Ltd (ASX:CL8)
Sector: AI and Car subscription
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $1.25M
Latest Entry Price: $0.025 with a 1:2 CL8O
Today’s Price Change: $0.016 Unchanged
Sector: CBD
Raise Amount: $5M
Latest Entry Price: $0.006 with a 3:2 AVEOA
Today’s Price Change: $0.005 +66.67%
Sector: Medicinal Cannabis
Deal Type: Placement
Raise Amount: $6.6M
Latest Entry Price: $0.033 with 1:2 ECSO
Today’s Price Change: $0.022 -4.35%
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